Clutch.



W. H. BOUTELL.

OLUTGH.

APPLICATION FILED Amm, 1909.

Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

@mmm f WMM- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM n. BOUTELE, E ROCHESTER, NEW Yonx, AssroNon V'ro notr'rnu. MANUFAc TUBING COMPANY, or ROCHESTER, NEWYORX, A ooalfonA'rIoN. or' NEW YORK,

l y' To all whom 'it may concern:

CLUTCH.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Mar. 29, 1910.

Original application tiled September 23, 1905, Serial No. 279,752. Divided and this application led l August 9, 1909. Serial No. 511, 920.

Be itknown that I, 'WILLIAM H. BoU'rELL, of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and 4State of -New York, have invented certain .new and useful Improvements in Clutches; and I do hereby declare the following to be ya full, clear,'and exact ldescription of the same reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

The present `invention relates to clutches andthis a plication is a. division of an aplication filled by me on the 23rd of Septemer, 1905, Serial No. 279,752, for fruit paring v machines.

The object of the present invention. is to provide a clutchwhich is inexpensive to manufacture, simple to operate and not liable to move accidentally to clutching or unclutching positions.

l lTo these and other ends the invention consists in certain improvements .and combinations of parts all aswill be hereinafter Vmore fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the-claims at the end of the speciication.

In the drawings: Fi e 1 is a sectional view showing the clutc in clutching osition Fig. 2 is a like view showing the c utch in unclutching position; and Fig. 3 is a detail view of the clutch operating means.

Referring more particularly to the draW- ings, 1 indicates a driving member and 2 a driven member. .Prefera ly these members are mounted to turn loosely on a rigidly secured spindle orbea'ring 3 and one of them -is movable axially toward and from the other to elfect` the clutching action, their opposedfaces being provided with clutch- 4ing portions, vwhich vin this instance are ,in

, the form ofprojections 4 and 5, said projections bein 7 and 8 on said members. 1

of such a length that a movement of t e movable member toward and from the other in the -direction of its axis is permitted during the clutching action.

. In the illustrated embodiment the movable member is the driving member 1 which lmay be separated from the driven member 2 by a helically coiled spring 6, the latter preferablyseating 'at its ends against the members 1 and 2 and surrounding -annular bosses ing member and the driven member may be tionV permitting the unclutching of the members, a conpressionportion effecting the movement of the drivingmember toward the driven member, and a locking portion which holds the driving member in clutching position. In this instance the cam is pivotedbearing 3 and co crates witha portion 11l of a follower sai Lportion operating Within the bifurcated end of the )bearing and being connected to a ring vportion ll" which surrounds the bearing and engages the driving member.

arrangedI at an ang e ,to face 12 at a eater dlstance from the pivot 9 than said ace 12,

and 13 at a distance f om the pivot 9 greater than the face 13 and serving as the portion which compresses the spring and moves ber 2.

It will be seen that in effecting the clutching' action the compression portion of 'the cam carries the drivin member `slightly beond the position at w ich it is held by the reached the spring ex ands and holds the cam against accidenta displacement. The construction illustrated for accomplishing this result is inex ensive to manufacture and the operation an are simple.

lI clalm as my invention: I

1. In ya. clutch, the combination with a driving member and a driven member having clutching portions permitting relative movement in the direction of the turning axis of the clutch during clutching, and one of-said members being movable relatively to the other to cause the clutching portionslto enga e, of a spring arranged to separate the clutc ing portions, and a cam coperating with sion portion arranged to com .ress the spring and a locking portion for ho ding. the members in clutc ing position so. arranged relatively to the compression portion that' the Y spring is permitted to expand slightly to at 9 within the bifurcated end' 10 'of the.

the movable member and having a compres.

The relative movement between thedriveffected by'a cam which has a releasing por- This form of the cam has a flat 'face 12 forming the releasing portion, and a flat face 13 formin a locking portion, andv a curved nose 14.1 co'rnecting the faces 12 member 1 into clutching relation with memocking portion so that when the latter is f construction of its parts mai-M hold the cam against accidental displacement.

2. In a clutch, the combination with a driving member and a driven member having clutching portions permitting relativel movement in the direction vof the turning axis of the clutch during clutching, and one oit'v said members being movable relatively to the otherto cause the clutching portions toengage, of a spring arran ed to separate the clutching portions, an a pivotally mounted cam having alockin portion, and j av coinpreSslon portionlocate pivot than the locking at a greater distance from said portion.

3. In a clutch, the -combination with a bearing anda driving and a driven member turning thereon, said members having clutchingportions permitting relative movement between the members in the direction of the turning axis of the clutch during clutching and one of said members being movable axially to effect the clutching, of a spring arf.

' ranged to separate the driving and the driven member, a c am pivotally mounted on the bearing and having a releasing portion, a locking portion. located at a greater dis-- tance from the pivotfof the cam than the releasing portion, and a compression poroperating with the follower to move the latter. p

l 5. The combination with the stationary shaft having the bifurcated end and clutch members rotatable on the shaft and relatively. movable longitudinally thereof, and

a spring for causing their relative move-.

ment' to separate them,of a cam pivoted in the bifurcated end of the shaft having a body portion and a compression portion, the latter being fartherremoved from the pivot than the other.

' H.` BOUTELL.

Witnesses v l RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH,

HARoLnH. SIMMs.

40 the bifnrcated end of the bearing and cof 

